STRENGTHS
Josh is an excellent, complete football player who happens to play the position of running back. He has the talent to play more than one position on your offense and special teams. He is a quick twitch athlete with size and bulk to handle the pounding at the next level to become an impact player who you can design an offense around. He is one of the best blocking running backs and is smart and quick and possess the lateral agility to make blocks both in the running game and in the passing game. Josh is strong and quick, running between the tackles and when he gets to the second level, I pity the poor safety or cornerback who thinks they have the quickness and strength to take him down alone. Josh is smart and understands how to read defenses and at the same time is a patient back understanding and giving his offensive line the time to make their blocks for him. He can catch the ball down the field like a receiver and this along with his blocking ability, power to make third downs, speed to not get caught from behind, and his mental strength and stamina makes him a complete back who reminds me a lot of former running back for the Buffalo Bills Thurman Thomas.
CONCERNS
As with all football players he has to stay healthy to impact but that is no reason not to select this kid early in this draft.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 1.34
Josh has talent equal to Panthers Christian McCaffrey and the Giants Saquon Barkley and his impact will be as those two have had for their teams. Trust me, this kid is the real deal, and it will be hard to replace his talent and impact for your offense, when he is not on the field. His lateral burst, balance and vision in and out of breaks is what makes him dangerous add to that, his power to break tackles and you have a running back who can close out games for your 4 minute offense. With Josh’s overall talent it will be very hard to take him off the field on any down and distance but… take him off the field you must. Even the great Thurman Thomas had a running mate who himself was a pretty good back, (Kenneth Davis) to help extend his career. For the younger Draftniks, Kenneth was a similar style back to the Bills Chris Ivory. Josh has the talent and high football IQ to be used in a no huddle offense and in multiple positions. He is a matchup nightmare in a passing game and his ability to block like a fullback in the running game will make it easy to use him in a two back offense if need be. Josh will give your offensive coordinator options he has only dreamed about. Let’s not forget that he also could be used as a returner on special teams if you absolutely needed him when your team reaches the super bowl and believe me, it’s just a matter of time before you see Josh in a super bowl because his talents dictate it. I call him Josh (Green Light) Jacobs because when you select him you just gave your fans a green light to travel to a Super Bowl…it’s just a matter of time.
